What You Can Do Between Now And Wednesday

There are still a few things we can do between now and Wednesday's City Council meeting to push for Council to approve the Environmental Project Report amendment and move the LRT process forward:

Phone or email your councillor, especially if you live in a 'swing ward' where the Councillor is on the fence, and tell them to support the plan. Phone calls are more effective than emails, especially since some councillors are falling behind on emails. The major swing wards are:

Encourage your family and friends to do the same. If they haven't already submitted a statement, they can also do that.

Attend the City Council meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 5:00 PM at City Hall, 71 Main St W in Hamilton. Make sure we fill the chamber so they can't ignore us.

It's not too late to keep this project on the rails, but Council needs to hear an overwhelming show of support from Hamiltonians so they will have the courage to take YES for an answer and accept this once-in-a-lifetime investment in the city's future prosperity.

For all of the emails, phone calls and social media messages you have already made, thank you! It is because of your extraordinary efforts to date that we are in a position to fight for this project at all.

Once we get through this hurdle, we can renew our focus on ensuring that all Hamiltonians are able to understand the vision behind this project and the many benefits we will all be able to enjoy.

That includes reaching out to people who are skeptical, cynical or just misinformed about the project and helping them to see why it is in their interest as well.

If we can get past the endless hand-wringing over whether to proceed with LRT, we can focus our energies on ensuring that we mitigate the challenges of construction, support the businesses that will be affected to help them succeed through the transition, and emerge all together as a stronger, more united city.

Featured Statement

To get anything done in government takes consistency and staying the course. With such diversity of stakeholders, agreement on anything its rare.

To that end, thank you for your consistent leadership on the LRT matter over the last few years. The consensus to keep moving forward has been nothing short of miraculous, shows a deep preference for LRT by Hamiltonians, and your leadership has reflected that.

Nothing is perfect, and Hamiltonians don't expect this project to be perfect. But by continuing to stay the course now, we can at least secure a major piece of infrastructure for the city. Changing our mind now would be the epitome of political incompetency that gridlocks cities in the past.

Please vote once again to secure the LRT line, and finalize this investment in Hamilton.

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